As it was so hot and sunny today we were looking for somewhere cool for our ride, and it didn’t take many seconds to come up with Spitchwick as the ideal destination. We rode up Holne Road and Hembury Hill. Ryan wanted to try the path from Holne to New Bridge, but Michael took us on the shorter path from Chasegate to New Bridge which Ryan hadn’t done for a very long time. The light was incredible as we crossed the style into the top field, and everyone loved the downhill path through the field.

Spitchwick was fairly quiet this evening but we rode to the far end where there was nobody at all. The air was still very warm so everyone was keen to get in the water. Ash went in first, then the rest followed, and we spent a very enjoyable 25 minutes there having a great time.

We finally left around 8.50, and since it was so late we abandoned the idea of Buckland, returning instead along the riverside path and then by road again to Buckfastleigh. We got home at 9.43, our longest evening ride for ages – and everyone loved it, with absolutely no regrets about missing game time after the ride. They still got ten minutes on the computer however before they had to leave at 10.